I\'ve been trying this morning (unsuccessfully) to buy tickets for a couple of gigs that I wanted to go to with the misses. I was on 3 different ticketing websites, and redialling the phone constantly. Now I know in the past some events have been hard to get tickets for cause of their popularity. Fair enough.
But things are getting worse and worse. Every event (that\'s even slightly popular) is selling out in minutes, and the average joe left unable to book tickets. Why Because everyone is a potential ticket tout from the warmth of their own bedroom. Thanks eBay.
One of the events I was trying to get tickets to is XFM\'s Winter Wonderland, which is a charity event in the name of shelter for the homeless. The tickets were